Position
Toolmaker
Location: Wokingham or Oldham
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Job Overview
An exciting position has become available for a full-time experienced press Toolmaker based in Wokingham, to work in a small friendly Toolroom within a high security manufacturing company. Position requirements will be the manufacture of form and cutting tools, jigs, and fixings to support production.
Our Toolroom has a mixture of manual and CNC machines including wire erosion.
All new tooling has fully dimensioned drawings to work from, however the ability to understand tooling functionality is essential.
Responsibilities
* Working to engineering drawings, precise tolerances and operating a range of manual and CNC machinery.
* Repair and maintain press tools.
* Routine servicing and regrinding tools.
* Verifies conformance of machined and/or repaired tools to specifications by checking dimensions/clearances/alignments.
* Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to management.
* Ensure all work is undertaken to a high-quality standard and adheres to all quality standard regulations.
* Ensures all tooling is safe and production ready at the time returned for production use, following correct preventative maintenance (PM) process.
Essential skills – Tools & Technology
* Experienced in the use of hand tool skills.
* Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
* Experience in working with Toolroom machinery and equipment milling machine, lathe, surface grinder, etc.
* Practical hands-on approach to problem solving.
* Possess strong communication skills
* Able to manage and prioritise multiple skills.
The Ideal candidate
* Due to workload and machine capacity the Toolroom works as a team so you may not start and finish the same job, a flexible attitude to work is important along with the ability to work unsupervised.
* Competitive salaries for a 37.5-hour week
* Sage employee benefits including discounts across a range of retailers, restaurants, gym, and cinema as well as 24 x7 online GP and Confidential Employee Assistance programme.
* Cycle to Work Scheme
* On-site parking
* Friendly environment in a family run business
Surelock McGill (Head Office)
26 The Business Centre
Molly Millars Lane
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 2QY
Telephone: +44 (0) 118 977 2525
Email: sales@surelock.co.uk
Surelock McGill (North America)
2380 Fortune Drive
Suite 120
Lexington
KY 40509
USA
Telephone: +1-859-899 7870
Fax: +1-859-899-7880
Email: NASales@surelockmcgill.com
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